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Management atEastern Mediterranean University,
Famagusta / North Cyprus
On behalf of Eastern Mediterranean University
Prof. Dr. Necdet Osam, Rector
SupervisorProf. Dr. Cem Tanova,
Vice Rector, International Relations and Promotion
Prepared by Public Relations and Press Office
General CoordinatorMurat Aktuğralı,
Director (a.)Public Relations and Press Office
News CoordinatorBurcu Sultan Betin,
Supervisor (a.)Public Relations and Press Office
LayoutMüge Debreli
Tuğçe Seren Karakoç
English ScriptsKarl T. Maloney Yorgancı/Umut Aybay
Gözde Etikan
E-BULLETINEastern Mediterranean University
YEAR : 2 NO: 61 5 JANUARY 2018, FRIDAY
“Virtue, Knowledge, Advancement”
One of Turkey’s leading actors and
presenters, İlker Ayrık delivered a talk
for EMU students within the scope
of session hosted by Cinema Club
operating under Eastern Mediterranean
University (EMU), Social and Cultural
Activities Directorate. The highly
participated activity titled “A Talk with
İlker Ayrık” took place in the Mustafa
Afşin Ersoy Hall.
Ayrık answered the questions of
students during his talk where a
pleasant atmospere was created. At the
end of the session, a Silver Plate was
presented to Ayrık by Cinema Club
Chairman, Ümit Emir.
Ayrık Paid a Visit to EMU Rector
Prof. Dr. Osam in His Office
Prior to his talk, Ayrık visited EMU
Rector Prof. Dr. Necdet Osam in his
office and obtained information about
Eastern Mediterranean University.
Expressing his gratitude for being in
EMU, Ayrık also stated his excitement
on getting together with EMU students.
Prof. Dr. Osam presented a unique
Cypriot Lefkara frame to Ayrık at the
end of the his visit.
The number of international students of
the Eastern Mediterranean University
(EMU), where approximately 20
thousand students from 106 different
countries, are receiving their education
is constantly on the rise. Its safe campus
environment, state of the art infrastructure
and expert academic personnel providing
education at international standards
undoubtedly lead to the university’s
international students influencing other
international students’ decisions to
come the university. Mohammed Reda
from the Faculty of Engineering is one
of the EMU graduates who reached a
respectable position in his own country
upon graduation. Smart Agency manager
Mohammed Reda recently visited
EMU Rector Prof. Dr. Necdet Osam.
Smart Agency was the best performing
international student recruitment agency
in the previous academic term. EMU
Vice Rector for International Affairs and
Promotion Prof. Dr. Cem Tanova was
also present at the said visit.
“Institutional Collaboration with EMU
is Important”
Congratulating Reda, Prof. Dr. Osam
noted that EMU works with many
agencies and stated that he is proud to
see that an EMU graduate is at the top of
the agency that performed best in terms
of bringing international students to the
university. Sharing his projects for next
term, Mohammed Reda thanked Prof.
Dr. Osam for his hospitality, stating
that EMU’s professional institutional
collaboration is a big factor in attracting
international students.
İLKER AYRIK DELIVERS A TALK
IN EMU
EMU GRADUATE BRINGS STUDENTS TO THE UNIVERSITY
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EMU DR. FAZIL KÜÇÜK MEDICINE FACULTY OPENS A CELL CULTURE RESEARCH
LABORATORY
Eastern Mediterranean University Dr.
Fazıl Küçük Medicine Faculty has
recently brought to life a Cell Culture
Research Laboratory. EMU Dr. Fazıl
Küçük Medicine Faculty Dean Prof. Dr.
Nahide Gökçora released a statement
following the launch of the said
laboratory:
“The Cell Culture Research Laboratory
started its activities in December 2017 at
Dr. Fazıl Küçük Medicine Faculty. The
research conducted in the said lab started
with the multiplication of the myeloid
leukemia (CML), and K562 cancer cells.
With the aim of forming a wide cell
collection in the said lab, work on the
multiplication different cancer cells has
gained momentum. A large number of
projects will be put into action during the
current and the next academic year.”
Coordinator of Dr. Fazıl Küçük Medicine
Faculty Multidisciplinary Laboratory
Assist. Prof. Dr. Mümtaz Güran stated
that the faculty has been undergoing
remarkable development in research.
In this respect, the new lab made new
research on cell culture possible within
the faculty. Assist. Prof. Dr. Güran also
put forth that the faculty is working on
the establishment of a multidisciplinary
research laboratory which will create
a good context for all types of medical
research.
Dr. Fazıl Küçük Medicine Faculty
Medical Biochemistry academic staff
member Assist. Prof. Dr. Ergül Mutlu
Altundağ put forth that the cell culture
research laboratory has been established
for the analysis of various cells at a
molecular level. In the said lab, research
on cancer (in vitro toxicology), cell
genetics, biochemicals, and molecular
biology will be conducted. Additionally,
the faculty aims to carry out research
on the molecular mechanism of various
diseases and stem cell treatment at the
said lab.
In a statement, Medical Biochemistry
academic staff member Duygu Gençalp
stated the faculty’s excitement on
the establishment of the cell culture
laboratory. Gençalp added that they have
already started work on the production
of different cell lines in the lab and in the
near future, the faculty aims to contribute
to the world of science through projects
in the field of cell culture and molecular
medicine.
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EMU ACADEMIC STAFF MEMBER RECEIVES AN INVITATION TO BENETTON’S INTERNATIONAL ART PROJECT
TIMES AND CASE STUDY COMPETITIONS TAKE PLACE AT EMU INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
Eastern Mediterranean University Communication Faculty, Visual Arts and Visual Communication Design Department Chair Assoc. Prof. Dr. Senih Çavuşoğlu received an invitation from Benetton Foundation’s Curator and Cyprus Collection Coordinator Nicolas Vamvouklis to participate in world-famous Italian brand Benetton’s “Imago Mundi Project”. Vamvouklis presented the official invitation letter from Luciano Benetton to Assoc. Prof. Dr. Çavuşoğlu .
Imago Mundi is the collection of works commissioned and collected by Luciano Benetton on his travels around the world, involving, on a voluntary and non-profit basis, established and emerging artists from many different countries. The increasingly global Imago Mundi project involves 150 collections reflecting the national art of many countries and
over 23,000 artists including Laurie Anderson, Christo, Georges Adeagbo, Zaha Hadid, Hermann Nitsch, Orlan, Vito Acconci, Kiki Smith, Helmut Lang and Barkley L. Hendricks.
Cyprus Collection Exhibition in MayIn this respect, EMU Communication Faculty, Visual Arts and Visual Communication Design Department Chair Assoc. Prof. Dr. Senih Çavuşoğlu, will be supporting Luciano Benetton, who wants to enrich Imago Mundi Project with high quality artwork from Cyprus. Imago Mundi Project’s Cyprus Collection Exhibition, which will also feature Assoc. Prof. Dr. Çavuşoğlu’s artwork, will take place in Trieste, Italy in May 2018. Further information on the project is available at http://www.imagomundiart.com.
Two competitions took place at the Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) Engineering Faculty through the organization of the Department of Industrial Engineering Student Club (IE-Club). The European Students of Industrial Engineering and Management (ESTIEM) is one of the world’s largest Industrial/Management Engineering student associations. ESTIEM’s “TIMES” competition and Turkey’s Industrial/Management Engineering student organization Industrial Engineering Community Association’s (IECA) Case Study competition took place at the faculty one week apart.
A total of 80 Industrial Engineering student clubs from 31 countries are a member of ESTIEM which is the world’s largest student club association. EMU’s Industrial Engineering Student Club IE-Club is the only student club from both sides of the island to become a member of ESTIEM.
EMU Industrial Engineering Department academic staff members Prof. Dr. Bela Vizvari, Asst. Prof. Dr. Sahand Daneshvar and Kağan Doğruyol were members of jury at the TIMES analysis competition. Despite many successful student presentations the jury chose the group comprising Surafeal Megose, Ahmad Alshool, Hela Mathlouthi and Sultan Asanaliev to represent EMU in the semi-finals set to take place on the 29th of January 2018 in Stockholm, Sweden.
14 Turkish university Industrial Engineering student clubs including EMU’s IE-Club, are a member of IECA which is Turkey’s largest student club association. IECA Case Study Competition aims for Industrial Engineering students to face the difficulties of working by being introduced to the problems they are likely to come across during work and to gain experience about projects they are likely to be involved in and crises they are likely to manage.
According to information provided by EMU Industrial Engineering Department Chair Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gökhan İzbırak, the jury members of the Case Study Competition were Dağlı Trading co-Director Dr. Orhan Dağlı and Industrial Engineering Department academic staff member Asst. Prof. Dr. Sahand Daneshvar. Industrial Engineering and Management Engineering undergraduate students competed in groups of four and after serious evaluation, the group comprising of Yiğit Bilgin, Pınar Uz and Osman Küçükkaya were awarded first place. The team that won the competition will be representing EMU at the finals in March 2018 at Bilkent University in Turkey.
The attention EMU Industrial Engineering Student Club members showed towards competitors and jury members at both competitions earned the approval of other students and jury members.
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Within the scope of Antalya Journalists
Society Media Awards, journalists
whose works were found successful in
Hasan Özkay Photography Competition
received their awards. In the said
competition, Eastern Mediterranean
University graduate, Akdeniz Bulletin
News Director Esra Köksal received
the journalist of the year award in the
research-analysis category with her
news titled “Antalya’s Drug Report”.
Cyprus Turkish Tourism Writers
Association was also present at the
33rd Antalya Journalists Society Media
Awards ceremony. EMU Tourism
Faculty Dean Prof. Dr. Hasan Kılıç,
who is also an executive board member
of the said association, extended his
congratulations to Köksal.
Kılıç stated that they attended the event
as the executive board members of
the Cyprus Turkish Tourism Writers
Association and that he was really proud
to witness the remarkable success of
one of the members of EMU alumni,
Esra Köksal who is a graduate of the
Eastern Mediterranean University
Communication Faculty. At the end
of his statement, Kılıç congratulated
Köksal once again and wished her
further success.
Successful students of Eastern
Mediterranean University
Communication Faculty were presented
certificates at a ceremony which took
place at the Purple Hall of EMU
Communication Faculty.
Among those in attendance were
Communication Faculty Acting Dean
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Agah Gümüş, Chair of
the Department of Cinema and Television
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bahire Efe Özad,
academic staff members and research
assistants. In her opening address,
Department Chair Assoc. Prof. Dr. Özad
extended her congratulations to students
who received certificates and wished
them all the further success. Acting Dean
of EMU Communication Faculty Assoc.
Prof. Dr. Agah Gümüş also congratulated
the students. EMU Communication
Faculty academic staff member, Emre
Oskay, who is also a graduate of the
same faculty, delivered a speech. In his
speech, Oskay stated that he was a very
successful student and he benefited from
all possibilities the university offered to
him.
Giving details about his sectoral
experience, Oskay put forth that the most
important thing for him is discover how
to perform better. Oskay added that he
also pays special attention to honesty
and professional ethics when performing
his career. Sharing his past projects and
student years with students, Oskay added
that while doing a job, he always planned
about the next one. This contributed to
his success. Oskay concluded his speech
by stating that so far he has produced 22
films, 5 documentaries, 4 short films, and
over 100 advertisements.
Following Emre Oskay’s speech,
certificates were distributed to successful
students.
EMU GRADUATE ESRA KÖKSAL RECEIVES JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR AWARD
EMU HONORS THE STUDENTS OF CINEMA AND TELEVISION DEPARTMENT
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KITSAB CHAIR ERKAN KİLİM IS THE GUEST OF THE MONTH AT EMU TOURISM FACULTY
EMU TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION DEPARTMENT SILVER
SCREEN ORGANISATION CELEBRATES ITS
10th YEAR
The Eastern Mediterranean University
(EMU) Tourism Faculty hosted the
Cyprus Turkish Travel Agencies
Association (KITSAB) Chair Erkan
Kilim, who was elected at the general
assembly on the 28th of December 2017.
During his talk at the EMU Tourism
Faculty within the scope of the Guest of
the Month seminar series, Kilim drew
attention to the importance of tourism
stating that Cyprus is the third biggest
island in the Mediterranean. Noting that
the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
(TRNC) is unproblematic especially in
terms of security, Kilim described it is
an ideal holiday destination because of
its climate, accommodation, possible activities, history and clean beaches.Touching upon the importance of tourism education, Kilim stated that students of the EMU Tourism Faculty are lucky because they study at a World Tourism Organization accredited faculty. Noting that the sector is in a state of constant development, Kilim indicated that the
need for human resources is greater than ever, providing advice for students throughout his talk. At the end of the conference Tourism Faculty Dean Prof. Dr. Hasan Kılıç congratulated KITSAB Chair Kilim for his new position, wishing him the best of luck during his tenure. After his speech, Prof. Dr. Kılıç presented Kilim a plaque of appreciation.
EMU Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Translation and Interpretation
Department celebrated the 10th
anniversary of its Silver Screen Days –
Translation Workshop.
In this unique organisation which
has completed its 10th year, films
which had subtitles translated by
the Translation and Interpretation
Department final year students Merve
Gürbüz, Dila Şimşek, Leyla Tokan,
Tezer Karaca, Fadime Erkek, Şöhret
Sertbay, Simge Tütüncü, Fatma Acaröz,
Pınar Bayram and Aslı Yıldız were
screened. During the event which took
place in the format of a workshop,
students provided information on the
audio and visual translation process
of the movies in English and French,
highlighting the methods employed
during the process. Visual-auditory
translation specialist Sen. Inst. Neslihan
Binatlı Hekimoğlu stated that sub-title
translation is not only limited with
films, documentaries and TV shows as
it is also an important part of the digital
game sector. Highlighting the high
demand for qualified translators in the
sector, Sen. Inst. Hekimoğlu added that
the department provides application
based courses supporting professional
development of the students.
On the 10th year of the traditional
Silver Screen Days, EMU Translation
and Interpretation Department has once
again certified the successful outcomes
of the education provided in the field of
translation and interpretation.
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ÇANAKKALE SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS VISITED EMU INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE STUDIOS
STUDENTS OF EMU TOURISM FACULTY REDISCOVER SALAMIS ANCIENT CITY
60 students from the Famagusta Çanakkale Secondary School visited the Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) Architecture Faculty, Department of Interior Architecture along with the instructor of their Technology and Design class. The students who gained the opportunity to familiarize with
the interior architecture profession by exploring the EMU Interior Architecture Department workspaces and studios also observed the 2017-2018 Fall Semester student projects in the ITAS201 Interior Architecture Studio I and the FARC102 Introduction to Design Studio II. Course instructors Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zehra Öngül,
Asst. Prof. Dr. Guita Faravadsadri, Asst. Prof. Dr. Hacer Başarır, academic staff member Seyit Ermiyagil and part-time academic staff member Pınar Sabancı provided the universal definition of interior architecture and explained to the students its values and constantly evolving structure. Therefore students
were informed on the requisites of being an interior architect. The new generation participated in a valuable exchange with the EMU Interior Architecture Department’s mission that highlights modern thinking, creative application and awareness towards other human beings as well as the environment.
Students of Eastern Mediterranean
University Tourism Faculty
continue to participate in field
trips as part of their courses.
In this respect, more than 30
students of EMU Tourism
Faculty participated in a trip to
Salamis Ancient City under the
organisation of Tourism Faculty
Academic Staff Member Dr.
Ali Özduran. During the trip,
participating students received
detailed information on one of
the most important historical
landmarks of Cyprus, Salamis
Antique City.
Theoretical Courses Supported by
Practice
In a statement, EMU Tourism Faculty
Dean Prof. Dr. Hasan Kılıç highlighted
the fact that students from 106 different
countries benefit from high quality study
opportunities in EMU and EMU Tourism
Faculty hosts students from around 40
countries. Prof. Dr. Kılıç added that the
education provided by the faculty within the
concept of a cultural mosaic allows students
to convert theory into practice through field
trips and various other applications. Prof.
Dr. Kılıç also expressed his hope that all
students benefit from the historical and
cultural heritage of our country.
This Week’s Academic Publications Source: Web of Science
Faculty of Engineering
1 - Saeid Kamkar, Ozgur Eren. Evaluation of maturity method for steel fiber reinforced concrete. KSCE JOURNAL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, 22(1): 213-221, Jan 2018.
2 - Saeed Khorram, Mustafa Ergil, Spatiotemporal patterns of sediment transport rate and beach-ocean profile for multi-hazard risk management. NATURAL HAZARDS, 90(1) 421-444, Jan 2018.
3 - Abbas Akkasi, Ekrem Varoglu. Improving Biochemical Named Entity Recognition Using PSO Classifier Selection and Bayesian Combination Methods. IEEE-ACM TRANSACTIONS ON COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY AND BIOINFORMATICS, 14(6):1327-1338, Nov-Dec 2017.
Faculty of Arts & Sciences
1 - Senel Husnu, Biran Mertan, Onay Cicek. Reducing Turkish Cypriot children’s prejudice toward Greek Cypriots: Vicarious and extended intergroup contact through storytelling. GROUP PROCESSES & INTERGROUP RELATIONS, 21(1): 178-192, Jan 2018.
2 - Senel Husnu, Biran Mertan, The Roles of Traditional Gender Myths and Beliefs About Beating on Self-Reported Partner Violence. JOURNAL OF INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE, 32(24): 3735-3752, Dec 2017.
3 - Benedek Nagy, The Cheapest Way to Obtain Solution by Graph-Search Algorithms. ACTA POLYTECHNICA HUNGARICA, 14(6):29-40, 2017